
51ºÚÁÏÍø Nottinghamshire Branch
Our branch includes members working at NHS, independent, higher education and care home employers, as well as students.
Getting involved in our branch means more than attending meetings. Whether you’re organising for better conditions, supporting a colleague or pushing for systemic change, your involvement helps turn shared concerns into collective action.
51ºÚÁÏÍø us
- 0345 772 6100
- Email: eastmidlands.region@rcn.org.uk
Your branch team
- Chair: Ellie Garnett-Scheffel
- Secretary: Rubby Legbedze
- Treasurer: Shereen Parker
All branch events
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM)
This is your chance to help set the nursing agenda. Details of the next AGM will be posted in the events section as soon as available.
Our branch and 51ºÚÁÏÍø Congress
All members can attend 51ºÚÁÏÍø Congress for free. There are also fully funded voting places for members, where travel, accommodation and food are provided. Voting members are there to listen, participate and vote on resolutions that are proposed by 51ºÚÁÏÍø branches, forums and committees across the UK.
This year's applications for funded voting places are closed. Details of 2026 funded places will be posted here as soon as available.
Hear from members across our region
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3 Mar 2025
Help fight for fair parking at South Tees
Staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are concerned about the trust’s recent decision to implement a new car parking system from this summer, changing providers to ParkingEye, removing barriers from car parks and installing an automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) system.
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25 Feb 2025
What makes a health and safety representative with the 51ºÚÁÏÍø?
The simple answer it is YOU.
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21 Feb 2025
Celebrating Mental Health Nurses' Day 2025
Back in 2019 the 51ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s Mental Health Forum was proud to launch Mental Health Nurses’ Day – a day that has now grown into a national movement. Six years on, it’s time once again to celebrate the work that this incredible profession does every day of the year.
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21 Feb 2025
Nursing staff can improve breast cancer screening uptake
Shannon Copeland, PhD Researcher and member of the Cancer Care Forum Committee, explains why it is important for nursing staff to participate in breast cancer screening and encourage their colleagues and patients to do the same, as NHS England launch a campaign to increase screening uptake.
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21 Feb 2025
Hear from Claire: Empowering Leadership in the Independent Health and Social Care Sector
Claire Sutton, our Head of Independent Health and Social Care (IHSC), discusses our commitment to empowering nurses through professional learning programmes and initiatives.
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21 Feb 2025
A seat at the table: speaking up for change
51ºÚÁÏÍø President Bejoy Sebastian reflects on representing our members at a DHSC roundtable, and the importance of investing in the nursing profession to secure its future.
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20 Feb 2025
Student, Senior HCA and now Forum Committee Member
New to the 51ºÚÁÏÍø Diabetes Forum Committee, student Nurse, senior healthcare assistant, and mum on a round-the-clock mission, Helena talks about her experiences of joining the committee.
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20 Feb 2025
Being a new 51ºÚÁÏÍø Diabetes Committee member
Joining the Diabetes Forum Committee. My first strategy day and conference with the 51ºÚÁÏÍø Diabetes Forum.
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20 Feb 2025
Building Rep Power
Nursing is hard at the moment – as a frontline NHS nurse, I can attest to that.
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18 Feb 2025
Independent sector update: What’s coming up and how you can stay engaged
Leanne Hume, Lead Nurse - Independent Health and Social Care (Northern Region), shares what’s coming up and how you can stay engaged.
Elections and appointments

Put forward an agenda item for Council

Page last updated - 29/07/2025